Just finished putting a new CV boot on my ZJ.

Not terribly hard, except for those three damn
bearing to knuckle bolts that managed to break
two of my el-cheapo sockets and required some
back-woods engineering. (Had to put a jack under
the breaker bar to get enough force to break the
forward bolt free) Impressive for bolts that only
go in to 75ft.lbs. But that was almost 13 years ago.

Yep.. took photos. Gonna be a while before
I can get them on-line or do a write-up.

Only thing that bugs me is I think I didn't
get enough air out of the boot, it's not as
flat as the other side. But then again the
silly boot only costs $11 so if it goes again
I'll take another crack at it.

Hmm... I might be able to get a new band clamp
and just cut the old one off, burp it, and reclamp.

Hibdon tires (who spotted the problem while doing
my rotation/balance) wanted to charge $460 to half-shaft
the axle. Kept on telling me how hard the job is.
Jeep wanted over 80$ for the stupid boot. NAPA, as usual,
came through at $11.

In reality it's one of the dirtiest jobs I've ever done
on the ZJ. Lots of grease everywhere, dirt to haul out
of the axle, and cleaning the CV joint..

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DougW